Back-log

Okay here's why I'm hilarious: I have a back-log of things to write about because I've been so horrendously neglectful with my blog writing. But also I'm going to log an account of what's been happening with my back! Get it? Seriously people, this is comedic gold.

Anyhoo, other than this past week where I've been curled up in bed waiting to die due to severe, mind-numbing back pain, the Kendall Made business has been taking some awesome steps. I have been adding more and more items to my Etsy, to the point where it's actually starting to look like a respectable shop... the kind that has stuff in it, and not just an awesome logo.

Speaking of awesome logo, I updated my logo on this page to the wicked one that Sean (my gay boyfriend) designed for my business cards. I think it is a wicked improvement and completely perfect for Kendall Made.

I've also done a few photoshoots with my awesome raver friends, who are not only hot, but also embody all that Kendall Made represents. I would some day like to get professional models and professional photographers so I can have a few really glossy images to send out as a press release. But for the time being, these shoots are wicked fun (and silly and ridiculous) and teh pictures are definitely good enough for Etsy. I have a lot of friends and followers in other cities, so it's really nice to have put pictures of everything I'm making online for them to see.

Now back to my back. I've always had a shitty, evil, horrible back and shoulder combination, and sewing definitely aggrivates it. But these last 8 months have been much more intensely painful on my back than any time prior. And this past month has been the most gruelling yet. After a few days of not getting out of bed and crying into my pillow, Matt finally convinced me that this isn't the type of thing I should be living with and that I need to see a doctor. I went to my not so great local clinic looking for better pain medication (I've been eating naproxen like it's candy with little affect) and a referral. I got a referral (woo) and a prescription for stronger naproxen, which is proving to be as inaffective as the bucket of condoms my highschool left in the hallway every week. That joke is only funny if you're aware of how high the teen pregnancy rate is in Gravenhurst. Anyway, I go to an Osteopath tomorrow, I'm trying to get an appointment with a physiotherapist, and I'm seeing an acupuncturist on Tuesday. Did I mention that my day job has a health care plan? Hopefully one or all of these things will help improve the situation, because as things stand right now I have to take a hiatus from sewing, and I have about 4 shelves full of fabric that strongly diasagree with that decision.

Wish me luck!